NYT Spelling Bee Answers for January 30, 2019
Game Summary
| Center Letter | M |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | d, i, o, r, t, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 23 words |
| Total Points | 94 points |
| Genius Level | 66 points |
| Bingo? | No |
Table of Contents
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- Spelling Bee Grid
- Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
- Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
- Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing) 🤯
- Today's Complete Solution
- Answer Definitions
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Spelling Bee Grid
The following table shows the standard Spelling Bee summary grid, which lists word lengths across the top and letters down the left-hand side. The cell where the word lengths and letters intersect displays the number of words in today's puzzle with the corresponding first letter and word length.
| 4</th><th>5</th><th>6</th><th>7</th><th>8</th><th>9 | Σ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 |
| I | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| M | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 10 |
| O | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| R | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| T | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 5 |
| Y | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 10 | 8 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 23 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| D | DO×4 |
|---|---|
| I | ID×1 |
| M | MI×3 MO×7 |
| O | OM×1 |
| R | RO×2 |
| T | TI×2 TO×2 TR×1 |
| Y |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| D | DOO×2 DOR×2 |
|---|---|
| I | IDI×1 |
| M | MID×1 MIR×1 MIT×1 MOM×1 MOO×4 MOT×2 |
| O | OMI×1 |
| R | ROO×2 |
| T | TIM×2 TOM×2 TRI×1 |
| Y |
Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing)
The table below lists all of the solutions to today's puzzle, but they're concealed. You can click the plus button (+) to reveal additional letters, one-by-one.
Concealed definitions are provided as additional clues. You can toggle concealment of the definitions by clicking on the concealer bar or the text that appears when the definition is visible.
Pangrams are marked with a dagger symbol (†).
| Word | 2L Ref | Definition (click to reveal) |
|---|---|---|
| do.. | DO4 | Destiny, especially terrible. |
| do... | DO5 | Filled with doom and gloom: depressing or pessimistic |
| do.. | DO4 | Clipping of dormitory. |
| do....... † | DO9 | A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind. |
| id... | ID5 | A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people. |
| mi.. | MI4 | Having a hemline at mid-calf length. |
| mi.... | MI6 | A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it. |
| mi.. | MI4 | A mitten |
| mo... | MO5 | Mother. |
| mo.. | MO4 | A mental or emotional state, composure. |
| mo... | MO5 | Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental. |
| mo.. | MO4 | An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath |
| mo.. | MO4 | Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve. |
| mo... | MO5 | A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion. |
| mo... | MO5 | A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement. |
| om.. | OM4 | To leave out or exclude. |
| ro.. | RO4 | Opportunity or scope (to do something). |
| ro... | RO5 | Spacious, expansive, comfortable. |
| ti... | TI5 | Lacking in courage or confidence. |
| ti...... | TI8 | The state of being timid; shyness. |
| to...... | TO8 | Nonsense, rot. |
| to.... | TO6 | Alternative spelling of tom-tit |
| tr.. | TR4 | To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess. |
Today's Complete Solution
The words that follow are a complete listing of all acceptable words in today's New York Time Spelling Bee puzzle.
Next to the answer word you'll see the two-letter reference (2L Ref) in parentheses. We added that 2L Ref for easier translation of the spoiler-avoidant language you see on the Spelling Bee Forum and Twitter. The 2L Ref signifies a word's two start letters followed by the total number of letters in the word.
- doom (DO4)
- doomy (DO5)
- dorm (DO4)
- dormitory† (DO9)
- idiom (ID5)
- midi (MI4)
- mirror (MI6)
- mitt (MI4)
- mommy (MO5)
- mood (MO4)
- moody (MO5)
- moor (MO4)
- moot (MO4)
- motor (MO5)
- motto (MO5)
- omit (OM4)
- room (RO4)
- roomy (RO5)
- timid (TI5)
- timidity (TI8)
- tommyrot (TO8)
- tomtit (TO6)
- trim (TR4)
Answer Definitions
- doom (noun): Destiny, especially terrible.
- doomy (adjective): Filled with doom and gloom: depressing or pessimistic
- dorm (noun): Clipping of dormitory.
- dormitory† (noun): A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.
- idiom (noun): A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
- midi (adjective): Having a hemline at mid-calf length.
- mirror (noun): A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.
- mitt (noun): A mitten
- mommy (noun): Mother.
- mood (noun): A mental or emotional state, composure.
- moody (adjective): Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental.
- moor (noun): An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath
- moot (adjective): Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
- motor (noun): A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
- motto (noun): A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
- omit (verb): To leave out or exclude.
- room (noun): Opportunity or scope (to do something).
- roomy (adjective): Spacious, expansive, comfortable.
- timid (adjective): Lacking in courage or confidence.
- timidity (noun): The state of being timid; shyness.
- tommyrot (noun): Nonsense, rot.
- tomtit (noun): Alternative spelling of tom-tit
- trim (verb): To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.